Collar-holder



Patented Mar. 23, 1920.

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ALPI-IONSO DE Clfidllll'll lllllfdSlLElt, F DlJ'NlllRK, NEW YRK.

COLLAR-HOLDER.

Specification of' Letters Fatent.

lpatented lilas: 23, time.

Application tiled June 7, with. lt'o. jl'i.

.To all whom t may concern .lie it known that l, fliernonso lh; @wenn linssilnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dunkirk, in the county of Chautauqua and State of New York, have invented new and useful improvements in tlollard-lolders, of which the following is a speeiiieation.

This invention relates to a collar attaclr nient device, and more particularly to that class of hooks for attaching collars to the bands of shirts.

rlhe primary object of the invention is the provision of a hook of this character in which the collar button of the ordinary con struction will be entirely dispensed, and that will permit the collar to automatically adjust itself to the neck of the wearer, without the possibility of the collar riding above the neck band when attached to the latter.

.ln the drawings:

Figure l. is a fragmentary perspective view of a collar showing the hook applied thereto and ready to be attached to the neck band of a shirt.

lfig. 2 is a small view showing the collar applied to the neck band of a shirt, the neck; band being partly broken away.

S is a sectional. view approximately on the line of ll`ig. 2.

llig. is a perspective view of the im proved hook.

ln the drawing the numeral 5 designates a turned-over collar of the usual well known construction, the saine being provided ine-- dially of its length, in one fold thereof, with a suitable eyelet or button hole 6 in which is adapted to be inserted the hook, presently described. rllhe collar may be of any other style ordinarily used and is adapted to be mounted around the neck band 7 of a shirt, as usual.

tlrdinarily the neck band 'l' of a shirt has its rear portion centrallyT provided. with a pocket having an eyelet or opening through the outer member' thereof. lin this pocket the base of the collar button is received, the shank passing through the said eyelet or opening.

ll/ly improvement is constructed of a. sin gle strand of metal comprising a wire inem ber which is bent upon itself to provide a ttshaped body portion 8. The legs of the body 8 from the connecting portion thereof are inclined away from each other and the outer ends of the said legs are rounded upon themselves inwardly with respect to the body. These inturned portions are extended to provide straight portions 9 9 and terminate approximately centrally of the body 8. rllhe outer ends of the members 9 are projected laterally in opposite directions., and these projected ends be slightly rounded to conform with the shape of the neck band and collar.

rllhe angle legs of the body are designed to exert an outward spring pressure on the outer wall of the pocket in the collar band.

ln operation the device is arranged so that the legs 9 and the extensions l0 straddle the inner fold of the collar 5, and the entensions l0 are passed through the button opening 6 so that the saine are arranged upon the inner face of the collar, as clearly illustrated in Fig. l of the drawings. The llshaped body portion of the device will be received in the referred to pocket in the neck band of the shirt, and the portions 10, being constructed of the same metal as the body, and being arranged upon the inner face of the collar will have a tendency to force the body 8 against the said inner face of the collar, and consequently exert a tension against the neck band suthcient to tightly hold the collar thereon. The device may, however, he readily removed when desired.

Having thus described the invention, what l claim is A collar holding device made from a single piece of resilient wire including` .a central substantially U-shaped body, the legs thereof being directed at opposite angles, said legs, at the lower ends thereof being rounded inwardly upon themselves and provided. with upwardly extending portions which are parallel, the said last mentioned portions having their ends provided with lateral extensions which are slightly rounded and which, when the clasp is arranged on the collar are designed to pass through the openings in the button hole thereof to arrange themselves on the inner face of the collar and contact with the ends of the said button hole.

ln testimony whereof l ail-ii; my signature.

ALPHNS() lllil CLAUDE KESSLER. 

